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1964 Map of Lake Felicity

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Lake Felicity
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

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Bayou Lafourche serves as the central artery for human activity on this mid-1960s survey of the Louisiana wetlands. Narrow, linear land tracts extend from the bayou's banks, supporting the densely settled communities of Galliano and Golden Meadow. This ribbon-like development pattern reflects the historic long-lot surveying system common to the region's French heritage, where access to the water was essential for transport and drainage. Beyond the primary channel, the landscape dissolves into a complex network of marshes, canals, and bays.

Energy extraction is prominent across the wetlands, evidenced by the Golden Meadow Oil and Gas Field and the Buly Camp Gas Field. These industrial footprints contrast with the scattered cultural markers of the remote marsh interior, such as the Lower Pointe au Chien Sch and the Live Oak Ch. Water bodies like Catfish Lake and Lake Chien dominate the southern portion of the sheet, where the land fragments into features like Formation Islands.